Mannus
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Mannus, according to the Roman writer Tacitus, was a figure in the creation myths of the Germanic tribes. Tacitus is the only source of these myths.<ref name="Mills et al. 2003">Template:Cite book This is a university textbook and exists in several variants printed for different major institutions. Reprinted 2007, Template:ISBN.</ref>
Tacitus wrote that Mannus was the son of Tuisto and the progenitor of the three Germanic tribes Ingaevones, Herminones and Istvaeones.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In discussing the German tribes, Tacitus wrote:<ref>Tacitus, Germania, chapter 2. Quoted in: Template:Cite book</ref>
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In ancient lays, their only type of historical tradition, they celebrate Tuisto, a god brought forth from the earth. They attribute to him a son, Mannus, the source and founder of their people, and to Mannus three sons, from whose names those nearest the ocean are called Ingvaeones, those in the middle Herminones, and the rest Istvaeones. Some people, inasmuch as antiquity gives free rein to speculation, maintain that there were more sons born from the god and hence more tribal designations—Marsi, Gambrivii, Suebi, and Vandilii—and that those names are genuine and ancient.{{#if:|{{#if:|}}
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Several authors consider the name Mannus in Tacitus's work to stem from an Indo-European root.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Crossref
The Latinized name {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is evidently of some relation to Proto-Germanic {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 'man'.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mannus again became popular in literature in the 16th century, after works published by Annius de Viterbo<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and Johannes Aventinus<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> purported to list him as a primeval king over Germany and Sarmatia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
In the 19th century, F. Nork wrote that the names of the three sons of Mannus can be extrapolated as Ingui, Irmin, and Istaev or Iscio.<ref>Populäre Mythologie, oder Götterlehre aller Völker, p. 112, F. Nork, Scheible, Rieger & Sattler (1845)</ref> A few scholars like Ralph T. H. Griffith have expressed a connection between Mannus and the names of other ancient founder-kings, such as Minos of Greek mythology, and Manu of Hindu tradition.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Guido von List incorporated the myth of Mannus and his sons into his occult practice, which were later adopted into Nazi occult beliefs.<ref name="Goodrick-Clarke1992">Template:Cite book</ref>
See alsoEdit
- Manu (Hinduism) 'Man', with several theological meanings
- Manu and Yemo – reconstructed Proto-Indo-European creation-myth figures
- Man (word)
- Ask and Embla - the first humans in Norse mythology
- Mannaz – 'man', name of the /m/ rune in the Elder Futhark
- Tvashtr – Vedic artisan god (cognate with Tuisto)
- Frankish Table of Nations - Mannus's sons are mentioned
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- Tacitus. Germania (1st century AD; in Latin).Template:Full citation needed